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Item Assessing Community-scale Damage, Disruption, and Early Recovery in Post-earthquake Haiti(Disaster Research Center, 2010) Adams, Beverley; Amyx, Paul; Bevington, John; Brink, Susan; Chang, Stephanie; Davidson, Rachel; Eguchi, Ronald; Hill, Arleen; Honey, Matthew; Mills, Robin; Panjwani, Dilnoor; Pyatt, SarahThis report describes research on community-scale damage and disruption in Haiti after the devastating January 12, 2010, earthquake. Data collection was undertaken with support from the National Science Foundation through RAPID grant no. CMMI-1034876. The project had three specific objectives: (1) to gather perishable data on physical damage and disruption, (2) to document and analyze post-earthquake disruption, including its relationship to damage, and (3) to test a new tool and measurement scale for documenting disruption.Item NSF LEADING ENGINEERING FOR AMERICA'S PROSPERITY, HEALTH, AND INFRASTRUCTURE (LEAP-HI) MITIGATION AND INSURANCE FULL PROJECT REPORT: STAKEHOLDER PERCEPTIONS OF MITIGATION AND INSURANCE(2021) Slotter, Rachel; Trainor, Joseph; Nibbs, Farrah; Davidson, RachelThis report summarizes the insights developed during a stakeholder engagement meeting held on September 15th, 2019, as part of a National Science Foundation-funded project. The broader effort focused on providing a scientific framework for evaluating the risks of hurricanes to residential communities and public policies to manage them. One of the primary objectives is to develop a tool that directly supports the management of natural disaster risk and promises long-term societal benefits through improved quality of life and economic competitiveness; we envisioned this meeting as a way to better understanding how practitioners think about mitigation and insurance incentives and options. As a result, representatives from the home building and insurance industries, relevant government agencies, and academia were invited by our team to discuss mitigation and ensure our work aligned with practical needs.Item Uncovering Community Disruption Using Remote Sensing: An Assessment of Early Recovery in Post-earthquake Haiti(Disaster Research Center, 2010) Bevington, John; Pyatt, Sarah; Hill, Arleen; Honey, Matthew; Adams, Beverley; Davidson, Rachel; Brink, Susan; Chang, Stephanie; Panjwani, Dilnoor; Mills, Robin; Amyx, Paul; Eguchi, RonThis work is part of an exploratory study that seeks to describe the levels of community-scale building damage and socio-economic disruption following the January 2010 Haiti earthquake. Damage and disruption were analyzed for pre-event, post-event, and early recovery time periods in seven Haitian communities. Specifically here, remote sensing analysis related to early recovery and a remote sensing-based early recovery scale are presented. Damage datasets from the GEO-CAN post-disaster assessment were combined with analyses of fine resolution satellite imagery, captured 4 months after the earthquake, to quantify the early recovery status of damaged buildings. Disruption was established from community-level interviews conducted in May 2010. Preliminary results show little correlation between disruption and physical damage, although the integration of remote sensing, field data, interviews and community meetings was a successful approach for assessing disruption. Remote sensing was seen to be an effective tool in establishing levels of early recovery and supporting cross-community comparisons.